The St. Helena Unified School District’s first-ever orchestra program is coming to RLS Middle School in the 2024-25 school year.
Jesse Duarte
St. Helena Editor
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Jesse has been a reporter for the St. Helena Star since 2006. He became editor in 2021.
The St. Helena City Council is firming up the details of a November ballot measure to impose a real property transfer tax.
Environmental studies will be released soon on a proposed hotel at Charles Krug Winery.
Most city services have been restored as St. Helena recovers from Monday's cyberattack, which remains under investigation.
A cyberattack has hit the city of St. Helena, causing a temporary closure of the public library. City Hall is open with limited services.
Poll data shows voter support for a potential November ballot measure creating a real property transfer tax.
UpStage Napa Valley presents Adam Rapp's "The Sound Inside," opening Friday in St. Helena.
Two donkeys that survived the Glass Fire returned home to Deer Park on Sunday, after three and a half years in foster care.
Silvara Barak of St. Helena Elementary School won the UpValley Women’s Club’s 47th Annual Vintage 5th Grade Spelling Bee.
jduarte commented on Don't remove parking on Pope Street
Hi leftofleft, this is Jesse Duarte, the reporter who's covering this from the news side. Nobody is proposing a separate bike lane on the Pope Street bridge itself. As you said, the bridge is much too narrow for that (although bikes are already allowed to share the bridge with cars, using th…
jduarte commented on St. Helena police log, June 16-24
Hi mikelee94574, this is Jesse Duarte. I'm the reporter who compiles the Star's weekly police log based on the police department's twice-daily logs. You raise a good point about ongoing investigations that aren't included in the PD's own logs, but I can assure you that "watering down&qu…
jduarte commented on Gas station’s ‘historic’ status creates roadblock
This is Jesse Duarte, the reporter who wrote the story. Good question, MarkMiwords. Based on my admittedly inexpert use of Google Maps, I'd say Commissioner Kistner lives at least 1,500 feet, as the crow flies, from the nearest edge of Wappo Park. So she doesn't need to recuse herself on this one.
jduarte commented on Test scores lag behind similar districts
Hi, this is Jesse Duarte. I'm the reporter who wrote this story. I usually don't put a byline on my shorter stories.
If you want to see the school district's report, follow this link: http://www.boarddocs.com/ca/sthelena/Board.nsf/Public (copy and paste it into your browser if necessar…